Thanks Mari! I did a search for it and couldn't find it then got sidetracked by a pretty knife. :D

glestain

10-17-2014, 10:36 AM

Mari,
Is the wall thin or thick? Never see one and wonder.

Korin_Mari

11-04-2014, 06:44 PM

Mari,
Is the wall thin or thick? Never see one and wonder.

Hi! Sorry, I didn't notice this post until right now. Yes the wall is pretty thin for a cast iron kettle. It's very smooth and unlike most cast iron products are not coated with paint. Each product has a natural oil finish of flaxseed oil and edible Japanese bamboo charcoal. The cast iron also is baked at a very very high temperature, so the Oigen cast iron products can withstand and retain higher temperatures in use.

glestain

11-04-2014, 07:03 PM

Will the water taste different? Not to offend, but just tempted to try.

Korin_Mari

11-06-2014, 09:57 AM

Will the water taste different? Not to offend, but just tempted to try.

Um probably not much, if it does at all. I haven't used it, so I can't tell you for sure. When you boil water in it, it raises the iron content in your water. I don't think you'll taste anything unless you boil water in it then let it cool.

Whalebreath

11-07-2014, 01:25 AM

Oops!

I thought mine was a Tetsubin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsubin) but it's actually an Iron Kyusu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyusu)